x86, espfix: Make it possible to disable 16-bit support
Embedded systems, which may be very memory-size-sensitive, are
extremely unlikely to ever encounter any 16-bit software, so make it
a CONFIG_EXPERT option to turn off support for any 16-bit software
whatsoever.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398816946-3351-1-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 9a952a5..956c770 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -909,14 +909,27 @@
default y
depends on X86_32
---help---
- This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
- code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
- XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
- option saves about 6k.
+ This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run
+ 16-bit real mode legacy code on x86 processors. It also may
+ be needed by software like XFree86 to initialize some video
+ cards via BIOS. Disabling this option saves about 6K.
+
+config X86_16BIT
+ bool "Enable support for 16-bit segments" if EXPERT
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ This option is required by programs like Wine to run 16-bit
+ protected mode legacy code on x86 processors. Disabling
+ this option saves about 300 bytes on i386, or around 6K text
+ plus 16K runtime memory on x86-64,
+
+config X86_ESPFIX32
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_16BIT && X86_32
config X86_ESPFIX64
def_bool y
- depends on X86_64
+ depends on X86_16BIT && X86_64
config TOSHIBA
tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"